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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Nimble

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/ANimble is a social customer relationship management (CRM) system with features such as contact management and data-driven analytics.

    $15

    per month

    Sprout Social

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/ASprout Social provides social media management, marketing, customer care, data and intelligence, and employee advocacy solutions for brands and agencies, including Ticketmaster, Chipotle, Grubhub, Subaru, and Zendesk. Sprout’s platform is used to simplify social publishing, engagement, reviews, analytics and listening for customers. Sprout also provides customer success and technical support, to deliver consistent value to all users. Any organization, regardless of size or industry, receives…

    $249

    per month per user

    Pricing
    NimbleSprout Social
    Editions & Modules
    Business
    $19.00
    Per User Per Month
    Essentials
    $79 per seat/per month annual / $99 per seat/per month monthly
    Standard
    $199 annual / $249 monthly
    per user/per month
    Professional
    $299 annual / $399 monthly
    per user/per month
    Advanced
    $399 annual / $499 monthly
    per user/per month
    Free Trial
    Free
    for 30 days
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    NimbleSprout Social
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details——
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    Community Pulse
    NimbleSprout Social
    Considered Both Products
    Nimble
    No answer on this topic
    Sprout Social
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    89%
    Would buy again
    16 Answers
    94%
    Would buy again
    106 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    15 Answers
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    93 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    16 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    108 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    16 Answers
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    86 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    17 Answers
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    92 Answers
    Features
    NimbleSprout Social
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Nimble and Sprout Social
    Feature
    Nimble
    8.5
    30 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Sprout Social
    -
    Ratings
    Customer data management / contact management9.529 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow management8.428 Ratings00 Ratings
    Territory management8.724 Ratings00 Ratings
    Opportunity management8.128 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)9.429 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract management8.523 Ratings00 Ratings
    Quote & order management6.621 Ratings00 Ratings
    Interaction tracking9.227 Ratings00 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management8.126 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Nimble and Sprout Social
    Feature
    Nimble
    8.1
    22 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Sprout Social
    -
    Ratings
    Case management7.922 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call center management8.220 Ratings00 Ratings
    Help desk management8.321 Ratings00 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Nimble and Sprout Social
    Feature
    Nimble
    8.7
    27 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Sprout Social
    -
    Ratings
    Lead management8.426 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email marketing9.026 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Nimble and Sprout Social
    Feature
    Nimble
    8.2
    29 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Sprout Social
    -
    Ratings
    Task management8.529 Ratings00 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management8.418 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting7.725 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Nimble and Sprout Social
    Feature
    Nimble
    8.9
    27 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Sprout Social
    -
    Ratings
    Forecasting8.923 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization8.827 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable reports9.023 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Nimble and Sprout Social
    Feature
    Nimble
    8.6
    29 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Sprout Social
    -
    Ratings
    Custom fields9.029 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom objects8.322 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scripting environment8.518 Ratings00 Ratings
    API for custom integration8.820 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Nimble and Sprout Social
    Feature
    Nimble
    9.3
    26 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Sprout Social
    -
    Ratings
    Single sign-on capability9.424 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions9.324 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of Nimble and Sprout Social
    Feature
    Nimble
    8.4
    29 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Sprout Social
    -
    Ratings
    Social data8.429 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social engagement8.429 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Nimble and Sprout Social
    Feature
    Nimble
    8.8
    25 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Sprout Social
    -
    Ratings
    Marketing automation8.725 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compensation management8.919 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Nimble and Sprout Social
    Feature
    Nimble
    8.3
    27 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Sprout Social
    -
    Ratings
    Mobile access8.327 Ratings00 Ratings
    Listening/monitoring
    Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Nimble and Sprout Social
    Feature
    Nimble
    -
    Ratings
    Sprout Social
    7.2
    114 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Boolean keyword searches00 Ratings6.980 Ratings
    Filtering out noise/spam00 Ratings7.196 Ratings
    Sentiment analysis00 Ratings7.077 Ratings
    Broad channel coverage00 Ratings8.090 Ratings
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of Nimble and Sprout Social
    Feature
    Nimble
    -
    Ratings
    Sprout Social
    8.2
    145 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Content planning and scheduling00 Ratings9.2145 Ratings
    Audience targeting00 Ratings7.2110 Ratings
    Content optimization00 Ratings8.2126 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings8.4126 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of Nimble and Sprout Social
    Feature
    Nimble
    -
    Ratings
    Sprout Social
    7.9
    132 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Automated routing and prioritization00 Ratings7.687 Ratings
    Customer interaction histories00 Ratings8.1116 Ratings
    Bulk actions00 Ratings8.1115 Ratings
    Marketing
    Comparison of Marketing features of Nimble and Sprout Social
    Feature
    Nimble
    -
    Ratings
    Sprout Social
    7.1
    96 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Lead generation00 Ratings6.869 Ratings
    Content marketing00 Ratings8.192 Ratings
    Paid media management00 Ratings6.23 Ratings
    Campaigns and promotions00 Ratings7.24 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Nimble and Sprout Social
    Feature
    Nimble
    -
    Ratings
    Sprout Social
    8.4
    144 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Twitter00 Ratings8.8126 Ratings
    Facebook00 Ratings8.7143 Ratings
    LinkedIn00 Ratings8.6130 Ratings
    Google+00 Ratings7.846 Ratings
    Instagram00 Ratings8.6132 Ratings
    Pinterest00 Ratings8.246 Ratings
    YouTube00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Nimble and Sprout Social
    Feature
    Nimble
    -
    Ratings
    Sprout Social
    8.2
    146 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Campaign success analytics00 Ratings8.6138 Ratings
    Real-time tracking00 Ratings8.1134 Ratings
    Competitor analysis00 Ratings7.8120 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of Nimble and Sprout Social
    Feature
    Nimble
    -
    Ratings
    Sprout Social
    8.0
    138 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Role-based user permissions & privileges00 Ratings8.7132 Ratings
    Mobile access00 Ratings7.3124 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    NimbleSprout Social
    Small Businesses
    Salesflare
    Score10 out of 10
    Sendible
    Score7.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Kintone
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Emplifi
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Oracle Sales
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
    User Ratings
    NimbleSprout Social
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (33 ratings)
    8.4
    (203 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.2
    (67 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (19 ratings)
    8.5
    (130 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.7
    (8 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (7 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.8
    (19 ratings)
    1.8
    (39 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (12 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (42 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    NimbleSprout Social
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Nimble
    This tool is suitable for all sizes of organizations since it has the capacity to manage customer relations in the best possible way. Its features like task management, reports, social collaboration, and forecasting are always considered important for CRM and they all work without causing any trouble. But its Reports need to be more elaborate and its interface should be made easier and less tricky.
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    Sprout Social
    Sprout is typically the first platform that comes to mind when I think of social media content scheduling/platform management/social media management. However, Sprout is very pricey, and I don’t think there’s an obvious standout element that helps differentiate it from other scheduling platforms. For organizations with only a few social media profiles, I’d be more likely to recommend lower-cost or free platforms as opposed to Sprout. I’d probably only recommend Sprout for organizations with dozens or hundreds of social media accounts
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Nimble
    • Importing contacts in the CRM is very much consist of easy steps.
    • It allows me to create, edit and view contacts records anywhere from the web.
    • It is helping me to stay organized in terms of marketing needs and providing real-time information automatically.
    • it is playing an excellent role in managing our all relations.
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    Sprout Social
    • Social Scheduling: Sprout Social makes it easier than any platform I've used to schedule posts with each, and to batch-schedule the same post to run on multiple dates. The scheduling platform is intuitive and easy to understand.
    • Social Reporting: With just a few clicks of the button, you can easily export reports that are easy for both social media experts and complete novices to understand. I like how you can get a report within 60 seconds or so if needed.
    • Customer Service/Help: Whenever I've had a question, both my Sprout Social rep and the Help Center have been extremely easy to contact and quick to reply. Problems are solved very fast and it's made easy to understand.
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    Cons
    Nimble
    • Nimble's storage space is very sparse, but we have found that it can be expanded at an additional cost.
    • Their mobile application is not as good as some of us expected, and we strongly recommend improving it to make it work effectively.
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    Sprout Social
    • I would like for Personal Instagram Accounts to be able to integrate with Sprout Social's Employee Advocacy platform. You are able to connect personally accounts to Sprout Social itself, which is great, but for employee re-sharing internal stories, this is not possible unless it is with a Business Instagram account.
    • I would like for the left hand tool bar to be more user friendly. There are so many tools and settings that are available, and I would like for it to be simplified in a way that makes it less cluttered.
    • An improvement can be made with the Sprout Social Mobile App. The user friendliness of the app does not allow as much autonomy as the regular webpage.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Nimble
    It's truly a great system if you get it for the right reasons. Don't expect it to do everything a mid market organization would require but for any small business or mid to large organizations which would like to integrate to it for the social insights capabilities this is a leading solution which can add value immediately
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    Sprout Social
    Sprout Social is the best platform out there for social-media management, and now that I have all my clients using Sprout Social, it would be sort of silly for me to walk away format at this juncture. The only cloud on the horizon would be if Salesforce bought it (as has been rumored) and put it inside its walled garden.
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    Usability
    Nimble
    The platform has more advantages and positives as compared to challenges or negatives in comparison to other comparable products and platforms available in the marketplace. It was extremely easy to get started with the initial deployment which makes the choice much clearer. Finally its tight integration not just with Microsoft O365 suite, but also with [the] most popular social media platforms available makes it a very favorable platform in its domain.
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    Sprout Social
    Sprout Social is straightforward to use - built for anyone regardless of tech experience to be able to navigate. It integrates pretty seamlessly to the native platforms and brings a lot of things together to make a seamlessly experience for seasoned social media managers.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Nimble
    No answers on this topic
    Sprout Social
    Uptime was OK, but given the fact that we are in Europe, there were some specific problems: They tended to take the system down for maintenance during the night in the US, which was during our workday. This was definitely problematic and hard to explain to our clients.
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    Performance
    Nimble
    No answers on this topic
    Sprout Social
    It is quick to post, however you have to refresh the page every time you add a new scheduled item.
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    Support Rating
    Nimble
    It was productive to be able to access remote support sessions from nimble employees, whom we decided to contact to have one of the features mentioned above explained to us. They were methodical and easy to explain solutions, so we recommend them for any kind of doubt.
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    Sprout Social
    The chat and online resources are great. The managers are too. They go through account reps pretty fast. Also, not a lot of onboarding once a product or service is sold. The ticket request system is terrible, they have too many people switching off roles, they take a long time to get back to you and don't plan on anything being fixed over a weekend - even if you have a problem. Their customer service via tickets is the worst.
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    Online Training
    Nimble
    No answers on this topic
    Sprout Social
    Their training is good, but the promotion of it is even better. I don't need or have the time for training, but I was always happy to know it was there. They did a great job sending updates out and making me aware when there was a new feature that I may want training for. As for the training I never used it, so I can't comment on that
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    Implementation Rating
    Nimble
    No answers on this topic
    Sprout Social
    Make sure you do it all the way. Do not break it into phases. Pour yourself a coffee, start it in the morning and you'll be done before you finish that coffee.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Nimble
    Nimble has proven to be a positive and well-respected application within our company for setting us up for success at building personal and meaningful associations with decision makers. It has been a significant reason why we have gained acceptance and trust from those who we have introduced ourselves to over time. The ability to feel a true understanding of our prospects and customers as real human beings with unique interests and common aspirations opens up doors of valuable conversation. The other options that were reviewed and considered provided many of the common ways from the past that stored CRM information. This method was much more of a static representation of the real interactions made between a company or salesperson with the prospects and customers. Nimble has brought back what should never have been lost - being like neighbors who spoke to each other about more things than just business.
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    Sprout Social
    We started this agency using Later and switched to Iconosqaure because we needed more in-depth reporting. We switched from Iconosquare to Sprout Social because of the continuous scheduling bugs/issues we were having with our account and our terrible experience with their Customer Service team. We are planning to close our Sprout Social account and move to HeyOrca because of cost, ease of use, and the basic scheduling features Sprout Social doesn't offer.
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    Return on Investment
    Nimble
    • Time-Saving is one of the biggest ROIs for me. 30-60 minutes a day means I can focus on more marketing, sales, or client work.
    • A soft ROI is in better contact relationships. People are often impressed that I follow-up after meetings, and especially when they say to contact them in 6 months or next year.
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    Sprout Social
    • One positive impact has been a huge time saver for our team. Where we once had multiple systems and delays from producing content to approval to publishing, now everything is seamless.
    • Another positive impact is streamlining the onboarding process for new team members. Sprout Social is user-friendly and intuitive, making it easy to study even for someone completely new to social media.
    • One negative impact has been the time it takes to wade through irrelevant social listening posts. The filtering is not effective enough to eliminate the noise.
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    ScreenShots

    Sprout Social Screenshots

    Screenshot of Sprout’s social media publishing tools, used to schedule and post messages to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and LinkedIn simultaneously from a single Compose window.